Two SCS schools receive national honor for closing achievement gap
- by Erica Wilson
- in Local
- — Sep 29, 2016
Jackson Elementary School and John P. Freeman Optional School were named National Blue Ribbon Schools, two of just six schools in Tennessee and 329 nationally to win the award.
Four San Diego County schools were among more than 30 in California announced Wednesday as National Blue Ribbon Schools.
"Even though Bald Creek School has enjoyed the family like atmosphere of our small 1936 building and has experienced many awards over the past three years, we look forward to locking arms with other schools to continue improving and giving excellence to the students of Yancey County", Robinson said.
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Schools are nominated for the award by the state department of education, and then complete a comprehensive application about school practices.
The selections are based on the schools' "overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups", according to a Harford County Public Schools news release. It was also the highest-scoring traditional school; only Issac Bear Early College High and Wilmington Early College High out-performed it. Students test scores at the school were high enough to qualify 86 percent of them as "college/career ready" and 93 percent as grade-level proficient.
"When I started researching, when I heard that Ms. Walsh had claimed that she had won the national Blue Ribbon Award, we started looking into it". The school was recognized in the category of "Exemplary High Performing Schools". It is a credit to our school board, administrators, staff, students, parents and the entire South Ripley community.
The principals of each will get to go to Washington, D.C., for a ceremony, and the schools will hold local celebrations later in the year.
